Family Support Provider

Job Description:

Job Title: Family Support Provider

Location: Columbia area

Department: Youth Community Services

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary: As a Family Support Provider at Burrell Behavioral Health, you will play a vital role in assessing family needs, educating families on agency interactions, and using discretion and judgment to determine effective courses of action. You will provide consultation and expert advice to management regarding family plans and advocacy. This position requires the ability to establish strong working relationships with clinical, administrative, and support staff to maximize available services through professional coordination within the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess family needs

• Educate families on agency interactions

• Evaluate situations and determine appropriate actions using discretion

• Provide consultation and expert advice to management on family plans/advocacy

• Establish working relationships with clinical, admin and support staff

• Develop professional coordination within the team to maximize services

• Effectively interact with staff, consumers, families, administration, community

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED
• Lived experience raising a child/youth with a mental health disorder or disability

Additional Qualifications:

• Customer service skills

• Interpersonal communication abilities

• Organization and multi-tasking skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Physical Requirements:

• Community-based role working with families in the Columbia area

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Burrell is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.